I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.
Most writers sow adjectives almost unconsciously into the soil of their prose to make it more lush and pretty. The sentences become longer and longer as they fill up with stately elms and graceful boughs and frisky kittens and sleepy lagoons.
Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.
Estuaries are coastal bays, harbors, sounds and lagoons, places where rivers meet the sea.
I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.